Improvement in horse-powers



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GEORGE OERLLEIN, OF UTIOA, MINNESOTA.

Letters Patent N o. 101,498, dated April 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' HORSE-POWERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, GEORGE OERLLEIN, ot the town of Utica, county of Winona and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Powers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart'to make and use the same, reference being had to the accornpany- A ing drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure .1 is an end view of my invention; Fgure 2 a top view; and Figure 3, a bottom view, the power turned bottom side up.

Similar letters of reference in each of the figures indicate corresponding parts.

"atu're and Objects of the Invention.

The object of my invention is to have the horsepower approach any place where it is to be used, and hitch on'to the tumbling-rod, either from the side or from its end, without the troubling of changing about to get a suitable position, and also to pass through' E, wheel on the bottom or lower end of the shaft,

on which is wheel D.

F, a bevel-wheel meshing into wheel E.

G, shaft, on the end of which is wheel F.

H, a wheel on the other end of shaft (1. This wheel has cogs ou the outside square, and bevel-cogs on the inside.

I, bevel-pinion meshing into cogs on wheel H.

K, tumbling-rod, on the end of whichis pinion 1.

L, a square pinion meshing into cogs on the outside of wheel H.

M, tumbling-rod, on the end of which is pinion Il.

Operation. Hitch your horses to the sweeps C when the horsepower is driven up and placed, and start the horses. This will move the master-wheel, which will turn wheels D, E, F, and H, putting the tumbling-rods in motion, and the work will be done.

I do notclaim those parts of a horse-power above as new, but in a new combination, the tumbling-rods and wheels as new in use with a power.

, Claims.

1 claim as my` inventiou- 1. Master-wheel B in a horse-po wer, when operated by movable sweeps, substantially as described.

2. The pinion I and tumbling-rod K, and wheels H, in combination with the master-wheel B and wheels D, E, and F, substantially as described.

3. Tumbling-rod M, pinion L, and wheel H, in combination with a master-wheel, B, and wheels D, E, and F, substantially as described.

GEORGE OERLLEIN.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, WILLIAM Bonson. 

